Google Next Strategy - Update on Keyword Search Volume

Have you noticed that your keyword search volume looks different and not helpful? You aren't alone!

Back in June, Google changed the KW volume information by combining the volumes of similar terms. The result was something that's not very helpful for people doing KW research, like this:

They said it was for accounts that don't advertise much. So if you're doing Keyword research then you probably don't have any ads running on your account. The really bad part is this change impacted tools that use the Keyword Planner as a data source. And, that's not so helpful either....

I found a free work around, though! It's using a couple free tools and I'm testing it out today.